Table-leaves



Si HENRY A. FROST, or WORCESTER,MAssAcHUsETTs.

\ MODE, oF SUPPORTING TABLE-LEAVES.

speeicaton 5f Lettes Patent No. 12,588, `dated March 27, 1855.

To all 'tvwm t may concern.'

Be itknown 1that I, HENRY A. FROST, of

Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and `useful Mode ofOperating and Supporting Table-Leaves; and I dohereby declare that the following is a `full, clear, and exactdescription of gtheconstruction and "operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of y this specification, inwhiclr- Figure l is a perspective. view. Fig."I plan view fof thelbrace" or support separate from` the table.` v

a QA, `A,` A,` is the trarne and legs of Van u ordinary tablet` a v l a B,B, are the leaves.

C, C, is the swing brace or support which is attached to the leaves by the loops or their equivalent at E,`E, `which allows the brace, C,`to swing freelywhen the leaves are raised. f l i i y a D, D, are the `shoulder pieces against which the brace, C, C, rests when the leaves are up.

F, is a small projection by which to operate the brace. g represents the brace when the leaves are down, thel operation is as follows', when theleaves are raised the brace C C will swing down to the shoulder piece D, in order to lower the leaves take hold of the leaves F and swing the brace up under the leaves when they are dropped the brace will occupy the space between the leaves and the bed piece of the table, the brace or support maybe made of either metal or wo0d.`

I do not claim the idea of using a brace to support table leaves as such; but

Vhat I do claim as my invention and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is The application totable leaves of a selfacting swing brace or support which shall `operate by its own weight, when the leaves are raised, substantially as set forth.

HENRY A. FROST.

Witnesses:

LENTZ C. MUNN, ELISHA STURTEVANT. 

